Dhanteras 2100 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:46–20:11, Sat 30 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2100 in Diffa?
Saturday 30 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 30 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:43–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:46 to 20:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2100 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 30 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sat 30 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:43–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:46 to 20:11.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:43–20:11. Trayodashi: 14:50 to 11:41 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 11:41; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Trayodashi runs from 14:50 on Sat 30 Oct to 11:41 on Sun 31 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:43–20:11) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Trayodashi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.